Acrylate-based monomers for use as reactive diluents in printing formulations

Abstract

The invention relates to compositions, having a) 1.00 to 65.00% by weight of at least one compound of formula (I), wherein R, Rare each independently H, C-C-alkyl, or C-C-alkoxy-C-C-alkyl; R, R, Rare each independently H, C-C-alkyl, or C-C-alkoxy-C-C-alkyl; Ris H or C-C-alkyl; k is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, as component A; b) 1.00 to 60.00% by weight of at least one monomer having two (meth)acrylate groups and 1 having a molecular weight Mw of no more than 500 Dalton, as component B; c) 0 to 25% by weight of at least one monomer having at least three (meth)acrylate groups and having a molecular weight Mw of no more than 600 Dalton, as component C; and d) 1.00 to 30.00% by weight of at least one polymer having at least two (meth)acrylate groups and having a molecular weight Mw of at least 700 Dalton, as component D; with the proviso that the amount of components A+B is at least 50% by weight, as well as the use of these compositions as printing inks, in particular inkjet printing inks.